COTAZYM 20,000 pellets Pancreatin, triacylglycerol lipase enteric-coated capsules
Cotazym 20000 pellets capsules
Active ingredient: Pancreatin
Areas of application:
Used to treat the inadequate supply of digestive enzymes in the event of weakness or total failure of the pancreas.
Active ingredient: triacylglycerol lipase
To replace digestive enzymes in indigestion
Active ingredients
- Porcine pancreas powder 207.2-265.9 mg
Excipients
- Simeticon emulsion
- Triethyl citrate
- Methacrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymer (1:1) dispersion 30%
- gelatin
- Sodium dodecyl sulfate
- Titanium dioxide
- talc
Indication :
- This preparation is a mixture of digestive enzymes obtained from pig pancreases (pancreatic enzymes).
- The medicine is used to replace digestive enzymes in cases of digestive disorders (maldigestion) due to insufficient or missing pancreatic function (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency).
- If you don't feel better after a few days or even feel worse, contact your doctor.
Dosage :
- Always take this medicine exactly as described or exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.
- The treatment aims to achieve or maintain a normal body weight and to normalize the frequency and consistency of bowel movements.
- In each case, the dosage depends on the severity of the pancreatic disease. As a general guideline dose, a lipase content of 20,000 - 40,000 Ph.Eur. units per meal is recommended.
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Unless otherwise prescribed by the doctor, the usual dose is:
- 1 - 2 hard capsules per meal (corresponding to 20,000 - 40,000 Ph.Eur. units of lipase per meal).
- The required dose may also be higher. The dose should only be increased under medical supervision and should be aimed at improving the symptoms (e.g. stool fat excretion, abdominal pain).
- A daily enzyme dose of 15,000 - 20,000 units of lipase per kg of body weight should not be exceeded.